Space for justifying lines of type.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

APPLILATION FILED APR.25.1904.

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' 3 'may'bearchedt when compressed eachend of the arts B "B fwill move'toward thefmid u l hbm rrpajboncrn, 1

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" DAVID'BRAINERD BAY, OF HUNTINGTON, NEMII'IYIORK'. j

i' sPAcii -FbR JUSTIFYI N G LINES s- TYPE. f

Huntii'lgtonl'liong Island,.St ate of New York",

have'inyented. anew and useful Improvement. I in .5 "aces for Justifying Lines of Type',. of hthe'fpllowingis a and-oblnplete dei T an ="My.-sp'aces, aregmade. of cornpresslble non I to"the"requir I atthe end ,theref]byjany suitable means; r5 whereby' allthespacesareIred'uced insize; r, {Afterthe spaceshave been usedftlirey canbe {restored to; their! original shape and used. 1:.

' elastiei material andkar'e placed between the. word'sf'as the line is: set 11 'l When enough 'words -are set j toflformfa 'ne," iti's shortened ed? length by pressure applied Referring" *the Figure 1' shows -a'line fofitype with; spaces inserted, readyffor compressionw Fig; 2- showsf a" line after? compression; shows a spaceready for ;use. F1g. 4 .s "ow s a space ed. 'ine i' omrr b si nd g-r 5- h w' sr e v ew' ofthe. sp ce Mylspace consistsof-a niainstein-A a littleshorter than the-t f e, butof the same width.-

' The arts}; B' are 'entback along'the main stem; They may or-.-may not be b'entf backs far enough to touch the mainstem-A orjthey simple andichea space whichcan be' easily "len s B'B Jeom ress'ed, so t at lines-0f type can befjustifie or made .of even length byend pressure creed "after having-been used, and also will a willj-retainjits proper Widthas a jspaceafter .Specificatiohof Letters Patent; I a i hatic; fiiaaji r'n 25, ieo a seral 1%. 264,915.]

e stem A. and in o positedirection's; so' that the space is" not e l pressionr This avoidslifting the type ofl their 1 e'et-when the line'is compressed. 1'

' The object. of my Jvention is to form a ongated by com-x l he ii d l fl l -fl t" i a fi 12 m n $temorbody A,'fan d the bent over-along oron' the body 'l' .Theends 13B are not forced ,3

thegbodyfA, I Preferably the I'atented Feb.27, 1906.

I parts BB are curved 'or arched, one end v that I", .Dav1nBRA1NERD RAY, a citizen of ,the "Unitedstates fresfiding in.

of the 'archbeing' movable along 'thej'main stem or b'odyA Wh'en the space is flattened.

By constructing the parts B B in the form of an {arch I can secure sufficient strength and} yet use "very thin metal, so that the space may be flattened when required tothe 1;

-nnest dimensions. The parts BB extend equal length yieldfequally under pressure. One endioflthe arched part B Bis movable. The advantage of this novel form is that the movable end of the arch resting onthe main body A affords a strong and equal brace and dlethere'of, so that the space ill not be elonated by compression, and thereby avoids ifting the typeofl their feet.

While I do not limit myself to thearched shape of the parts B B as shown in the drawliinit myself to theuse of non-reyet-will move along the main stemjor body A" when thespace is flattened toward the midings, yet I-con'si'der that shape preferable 'becaus itbraces the Words apart evenly and firmly-and it can be compressed Withoutinjurihg the soft metal of which'the type iscomposed. I I do not silie'nt material in; the construction of the space; but I" prefer to {use non-resilient ma terial because-resilient spaces require poWerful' meehanism-fortheir compression; and theyhave. a tendencyto" spring'ithe line of type 'upwardfbr' to scatter the. type in all direc i tions when the pressure is released era-Word is removed incorrecting-proof. v "My-space-is-novel, simple, and easily put into practie What I .clai'm-ijs A compressible al.,us e and is adapted to setting type'by'hand'orby'a machine.

95. space consisting of .a Y main part or stem having its vendsbent baekfi v-along saidmain stem once-only;- whereby the p ace; When-compressed equals" only two s t ekn'ess'es offthematerial oi'whichthe space r60 fcompress'ible spaee":eonsistingfofa mam-part -o'1"st'em, fof non-elasticmaterial havingitsendscurvedrbjack' along. 'saldmain stem lon'c'e only,-.J saideurvfe'd arts" having {theiren d'sb'ent towardth midd e part ofsa id jmairr' stem, 1 A'cornpres'silo'le non-elasticspacehaving' main stem A; arch-shaped parts B B bent a main stern'and having its ends bent beck back from the ends of said main stem, said along said main stem once only at each end in arch-shaped parts-having one end movable the form of an arch. along said main stem toward the middle. D. BRAINERD RAY. 5 thereof when the space is compressed, and Witnesses:

resting on said main stem. IRVING L. LAMMIs,

4. A compressible non-elastic space ha ving B.. M BAYLES. 

